Illustration: At a Japanese kitchen table, a child has unpacked a complete set of five nesting preparation bowls and placed them in order from largest to smallest. All five are visible, and the smallest sits at the end beside the child’s fingertip.

JLPT N2no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

最さい小しょう

saishou

smallest, minimum

Example sentences

  1. 家族かぞくは社会しゃかいの最小さいしょう構成単位こうせいたんいである。

    A family is the smallest unit of society.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 次つぎの関数かんすうの最大値さいだいちと最小さいしょう値ちを求もとめよ。

    Find this function’s global maximum and global minimum.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 直感的ちょっかんてきには、基本的きほんてきな意味いみの最小さいしょう単位たんいは単語たんごです。

    Intuitively, the basic atomic unit of meaning is a word.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 最小

  • 最utmost; mostOnサイ・シュKunもっとも・つま
  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-

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